Man planned to sell heroin

A MAN has admitted he was planning to sell almost £4,000 in heroin when he was caught by Reading police.

Daniel Illsey changed his pleas on Tuesday morning at Reading Crown Court to guilty of possessing 39.7 grams of heroin with intent to supply and possession of 125 grams of cannabis with intent to supply on Thursday, February 1.

The 33-year-old had previously admitted a separate charge of possession of 5.33 grams of heroin.

Prosecutor Ian Acheson said police found the drugs in a jacket when they searched Illsey's car. The heroin was worth £3,500 to £4,000 and the cannabis resin between £300 and £400.

Illsey, who has previously been bailed to Bain Avenue in Camberley, initially denied owning the jacket, he added.

Mr Recorder Digney denied Eloise Marshall's appeal to extend Illsey's bail because he said there was "a real danger" he would not go to court for his sentencing on Thursday, September 21.